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===Millbrook, India, and psychedelics=== After leaving his long-time recording contract and the end of his main club gig, Ferguson moved his family to the [[Hitchcock Estate]] in [[Millbrook, New York]] in November 1963 to live with [[Timothy Leary]], [[Ram Dass]], and their community from Harvard University. He and his wife Flo used LSD, [[psilocybin]] and other [[psychedelic drugs]]. They lived at Millbrook for about three years, playing clubs and recording several albums.<ref name="NYTobit">{{cite news|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|quote=After a trip or two to Timothy Leary's consciousness-altering community in Millbrook, Ferguson dissolved his band in 1967 and moved to India for a year.|title=Maynard Ferguson, 78, Trumpeter and Bandleader, Dies |author=Tim Weiner |date=August 25, 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.timothylearyarchives.org/interview-with-lisa-ferguson-millbrook-kid-and-director-of-children-of-the-revolution/|title=Interview with Lisa Ferguson β Millbrook Kid and Director of "Children of the Revolution" |date=February 9, 2009|website=Timothylearyarchives.org}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://maynardfergusonboard.yuku.com/reply/46720/Tim-Leary-Video#reply-46720 |title=Re Tim Leary Video in Maynard Ferguson and General Music Forum |quote=In 1963, Leary's invitation to Maynard to move into Millbrook's gatehouse allowed MF to pour whatever money he saved by moving out of the expensive Riverdale apartment back into the band, which by this time was floundering financially. Maynard also rehearsed the band in the gatehouse, thus saving on studio fees. There's a poignant moment in the MF Horn bio as Maynard recalls that daughter Lisa, then 5 years old, could nap even as the band played in the same room. Thus, Leary's generosity allowed the MF band to continue into 1964, when the two Cameo albums and the Mainstream album Color Him Wild were recorded with the remnants of the so-called Roulette band|website=Maynardfergusonboard.yuku.com|date=May 27, 2009 }}</ref> Ferguson was mentioned in ''[[The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test]]'', which detailed the psychedelic scene. In 1967, as the Millbrook experiment was ending, Ferguson moved his family to India and taught at the [[Jiddu Krishnamurti|Krishnamurti]]-based [[Rishi Valley School]] near Madras. He was associated with the [[Sri Sathya Sai University|Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning]]'s Boys Brass Band, which he founded and helped teach for several years. While in India, he was influenced by [[Sathya Sai Baba]], whom he considered as his spiritual guru.<ref>{{cite web|title=Picture of Ferguson with the Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning's Boys Brass Band |url=http://www.maynardferguson.com/images/exclusives/mfrare5.jpg|format=JPG |website=Maynardferguson.com|access-date=2014-01-28}}</ref>
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